CREATIVE NONFICTION / The devil wears Maria B
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Creative non-fiction
CREATIVE NONFICTION / From autumn to winter in the northeast England
7 February 2026, 01:54 AM
Books & Literature
POETRY / ‘The Unnamed’ and ‘Incomplete’: Two poems
28 November 2025, 19:31 PM
Books & Literature
LITERARY CURTAINS / Adaptation as misrecognition: ‘Siddhartha’ between text, philosophy, and stage
28 November 2025, 19:30 PM
Books & Literature
CREATIVE NONFICTION / Of jasmines, departure, and desire for a déjà vu
21 November 2025, 18:28 PM
Books & Literature
CREATIVE NONFICTION / The Solitude of ’69
19 November 2025, 10:28 AM
Books & Literature
CREATIVE NONFICTION / Writer in the dark
19 September 2025, 19:09 PM
Books & Literature
CREATIVE NONFICTION / A visit before the journey
5 September 2025, 18:59 PM
Books & Literature
FICTION / The dawn’s return
5 September 2025, 18:58 PM
Fiction
Poetry / Silence, our witness
22 August 2025, 19:02 PM
Books & Literature
Beyond the Shadows of Life
She kept on walking.
28 July 2017, 18:23 PM
The Lights of Love
The universe has a way of tossing us into the winds of time
28 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Jane Austen's words, in numbers
Jane Austen is seeing something of a revival, if that can be said of an eternally popular writer, this year.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Becoming a Janeite
I cannot exactly pinpoint the first time I read Austen. Back in high school? Or in one of my earlier semester breaks as an undergrad?
21 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Romancing a Royal Favour: The Dedication Page of Emma
Of the six novels written by Jane Austen, Emma is the only one to include a dedication page. It reads, "To His Royal Highness, The
21 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Austenland Revisited
I advance towards the bookshelf, a pleasurable hum of anticipation running through me – today is that most rare of opportunities: an
21 July 2017, 18:00 PM
A walk in the wake of destruction
In all likelihood these [the rings] are fragments of a former moon that was too close to the planet and was destroyed by its [Saturn's] tidal effect...
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Benimadhob
Benimadhob!My darling Benimadhob!
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Poetry
Poetry springs from childhood memories. It's mother's pale face
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Writing April
We knew each other only through our articles. I liked Tulip Chowdhury's dreamy, messy, stream of consciousness essays. She didn't
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Between the Covers of Books
“I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
You Said
Notun Bazar was burning, burning!
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Paradise Lost-Dhaka in the 1950s and 60s
Memory always plays tricks on us in old age and nostalgia makes the past appear perennially serene then.
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
From Niketan to Mohakhali: A Rickshaw Odyssey
For the three years that I lived in Niketan, Gulshan, I commuted to my workplace in Mohakhali by rickshaw. Each day was an adventure then
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Like Dark Clouds are Adorned
The rainy season is here. At this time, the river next to our home is filled to the brim.
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2017 TO ANNOUNCE ITS WINNER AT THE DHAKA LITERARY FESTIVAL
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has announced that it would be awarding its next winner at the Dhaka Literary Festival (DLF)
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
JIMMY, THE DOG
I want to write a poem about a dog
though I've already written some poems
that feature dogs. Sometimes I want
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
The Acting Bug and the Curious Adventure of a Long-haired Dude
I guess I was bitten by the acting bug in my mother's womb. Otherwise, how does one explain my fascination for the theater, theatrics,
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Places
The intimate impersonality of my hotel room
23 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Thinking Beyond Boundaries: An Interview with Susie Tharu
Susie Tharu and K. Lalita are well-known in India and beyond for their path breaking publication Women Writing in
23 June 2017, 18:00 PM